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.TH XmTextFieldGetSelection 3X "" "" "" ""
.ds )H Hewlett-Packard Company
.ds ]W Motif Release 1.2: May 1992
.SH NAME
\fIXmTextFieldGetSelection\fP \- A TextField function that retrieves the value of the primary selection
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&#include <Xm/TextF.h>
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char * XmTextFieldGetSelection (\fBwidget\fI)
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	Widget	\fBwidget\fI;
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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\fIXmTextFieldGetSelection\fP
retrieves the value of the primary selection.  It returns
a NULL pointer if no text is selected in the widget.  The application is
responsible for freeing the storage associated with the string by calling
\fIXtFree\fP.
.IP "\fBwidget\fP"
Specifies the TextField widget ID
.PP 
For a complete definition of TextField and its associated resources, see
\fIXmTextField(3X)\fP.
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.SH RETURN VALUE
Returns a character pointer to the string that is associated with the
primary selection.
.SH RELATED INFORMATION
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\fIXmTextField(3X)\fP and \fIXmTextFieldGetSelectionWcs(3X)\fP.
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